Rogue Tips

[Yogi_Baar]

TRUE STORY: I once left by Rogue near some knights and when to eat lunch.  Of course they mobbed here, but much to my surprise I came back and there was my Rogue deflecting away practically every blow. Needless to say I promptly finished off the mob. That's just how useful good blocking can be.

Try that on level 16 with more than 3 knights. You won't last long. Their hits get in sync quite often and that's how they kill you.

Another good option is the Bow of Quickness (right affix?)

Swiftness.

but even with 3+ years of Diablo experience, I have only found ONE Bow of Quickness and it didn't even have a suffix AND it was in SP :(.

Tip: get a level 20 shopper and do Griswold shopping runs. That takes away the fun though, because finding such a bow really is something (best chance for massive/swiftness in caves).

As for playing strategies, I suggest investing is Mana Shield.  Not only does it give you a second health bar, it also cuts the damage you receive by 1/3, not to mention that Mana Pots become practically the equivalent of Full Rejuvs.

I have to disagree. My rogue has around 350 hit points and around 320 mana. I get cca. 7 casts of healing per full mana potion so that's around 2000 hit points, compared to around 800 I'd have with a mana shield. And all I have to do is be a bit more careful.